diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ada17530ff3b..01dcb4532dff 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b2cbf3b30e6d1237f8864c4c9123f2a68cdfedf6
+refs/heads/master: 12f1771709ea53f11cf633c065d6160769795f24
diff --git a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index c0ab72cbeed1..70d4848b5cd0 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -5168,6 +5168,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_HDA(snd_hda_resume);
  */
 void *snd_array_new(struct snd_array *array)
 {
+	if (snd_BUG_ON(!array->elem_size))
+		return NULL;
 	if (array->used >= array->alloced) {
 		int num = array->alloced + array->alloc_align;
 		int size = (num + 1) * array->elem_size;